their cause. he then headed to meet with presidentjoe biden, who announced an additional $200 million in weapons and equipment for ukraine, but the wartime president is still hoping for more. today s discussion across both parties in both chambers were very productive. i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and our sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it s mr zelenskyy s third visit since the war began and second in just the last few months. the funding he wants could mean the difference on the battlefield as the war ticks closer to its second year. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told mr zelenskyy that it would be a christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is begging on the united states to d
the turkish fa chairman mehmet buyukeksi said in a news conference, the matches in all leagues have been postponed indefinitely. the country s president, recep tayyip erdowan, also spoke out after the shocking scenes. condemning the attack on the referee, he added: sports means peace and brotherhood. sport is incompatible with violence. we will never allow violence to take place in turkish sports. manchester united s scott mctominay says a toxic atmosphere did exist at old trafford under former managers. but not now, as the players are backing erik ten hag. united are gearing up for their champions league clash with bayern munich, a match they must win to have any hope of reaching the knockout stages of the competition. ten hag dismissed widely reported suggestions last week that he had a split dressing room. his team were booed off having lost 3 0 at home to bournemouth on saturday and their manager says their inconsistency is down to chopping and changing the team,
tougher border measures at the mexico border in exchange for any additional funding for ukraine. the us military aid package that has stalled would include $61 billion for ukraine as part of a larger package. congress has approved more than $111 billion since the war began, but the biden administration is warning that money is running out as the war in ukraine ticks closer to its two year mark. our correspondentjess parker has the view from kyiv. he s here on a rescue mission to liberate billions of dollars in defence aid for ukraine, money that s become ensnared in arguments amongst us lawmakers. overnight, a fresh wave of russian missile strikes crushed buildings in kyiv and blew craters in the earth. ukraine s war is with russia, but officials must battle sceptics in the west who ask, what s the endgame? after ukraine s faltering counteroffensive. it is widely seen to have not delivered hoped for gains. what, in your view, went wrong? translation: indeed, for us, it is
the head of the who has called the health care situation in gaza, catastrophic what are your colleagues now seeing on the ground there? that is not an understatement, from what my colleagues are describing this is a full frontal military attack on an entire population, who has nowhere to go, nowhere to escape and part of this has been a systematic destruction of the healthcare, so it direct bombing destruction of the healthcare, so direct bombing of healthcare facilities, bombing of ambulances including very clearly marked vehicles, doctors without borders vehicles and the siege style warfare in which there is a denial of the most basic items necessary to do medical care but also the most basic items necessary for survival, food, water, the medical supplies and so on. really, the systematic nature and the brutal nature of the way hostilities are being conducted represent egregious violations of international humanitarian law that very likely amount to war crimes. i m sure
in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. don t cry , he told theirson, mohammed. they are in heaven. gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by israel s offensive. thousands of children are among the palestinian dead. theirfamilies say there is only one way to make a difference. everyone is only talking aboutaid , said ibrahim. we don t care about aid, we want them to stop the bloodshed. the americans say israel is killing too many innocent people, but they still blocked the un s latest attempt to vote in a ceasefire. the war has increased the tension in hebron, a city on the west bank holy to jews and muslims that has been a flashpoint for decades. most palestinians can no longer access property, live or work in part of the city centre. that s because jewish settlers live here, behind the s